Hello! This is a mini project I created for GDG DevFest Brunei 2023, with the wider Brunei IT community in mind. I’m happy to have met and spoken to those in the community that resonate with the idea of connecting over vulnerability & empathy. (You may read more under About)
I have some ideas on extending (not necessarily scaling up, haha) this project, but this current version you’re seeing was built very quickly for DevFest within WordPress’ limitations, so I will likely need to rebuild it. So please bear with me. If you’d like to contact me about this project, please head here.
Thanks for visiting! – Hazirah M
For GDG DevFest Brunei 2023
I’m Human
“I’m Human” is a project umbrella that is based on the following thoughts:
- Developments in tech continue to move fast:
- We’re grappling with the explosion of AI in mainstream consumer tech;
- There are now more developers and IT practitioners, with a range of competitive skillsets.
- I wanted to emphasise our “humanity”, which can mean a lot of things:
- Having “limitations” and “opportunities” – how as humans, we need a balance of work and play, navigating interpersonal connections and shifting emotions and finite time – for these to either “hold us back” or to drive our creativity and willpower;
- Gaps in AI especially when it comes to Brunei-specific contexts and knowledge.
Tech Confessions
By no means an original idea, I used the “anonymous confession” concept that can take many forms (postcards, post-its, or found objects).
I wanted an outlet for those in our community – students, enthusiasts, practitioners – to share a “confession”:
- a feeling, statement, or experience
- that makes them feel personally or professionally insecure in our tech industry or communities
- examples:
- feeling: “I feel anxious everyday in my senior IT role at work”
- statement: “I don’t understand how to use CLI”; “I’m not really interested in fintech”
- experience: “I failed the first year of my IT diploma”
Why? Because any of us can feel lacking or inferior, at any level. Students. Self-taught techies. Those in their early careers. Those who don’t get support and career development in their tech jobs. Women in tech – whether you’re fighting microaggressions or non-constructive perfectionism. Anyone who has “imposter syndrome” despite their achievements.
This project, a display of anonymous confessions, aspires to help release these insecurities into the tech community, but to also provide the opportunity for conversations around supporting each other.